Stargazing

BV Overlook Camp & Lodging

BV Overlook Camp & Lodging sits half a mile from downtown Buena Vista, Colorado, offering full-hookup RV sites with water, sewer, and electric alongside cabins and tiny homes, open all year with sweeping views of the Arkansas River valley and the Collegiate Peaks. Back-in and pull-through sites carry fire pits, picnic tables, and site WiFi. Full-hookup sites carry water, sewer, and electric in back-in and pull-through configurations, with fire pits and picnic tables. Cabins and tiny homes serve guests without a rig, and the property accommodates everything from a 40-foot coach to a campervan. A general store, laundry, propane fills and exchange, dump station, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side, with WiFi throughout and year-round operation. Check-in is 3pm for accommodations and 1pm for RV sites, with all check-outs at 11am; early check-in and late check-out are sometimes available for a fee but cannot be guaranteed in advance. A recreation center, playground, dog park, walking trails, and community fire pit fill the grounds, with mountain biking, biking, hiking, birding, and stargazing from the property and planned activities through the season. Skiing and boating are nearby. Pets are welcome. Buena Vista sits at the heart of Colorado's adventure corridor, where whitewater rafting, hot springs, high-altitude hiking, and ski touring all converge within a short drive. The Collegiate Peaks rise to the west and the Arkansas River runs below. Summer rafting season is the peak. Reserve well ahead.

from $69/night

Chinook Cabins & RV Park

17 RV Sites

Chinook Cabins and RV Park in South Fork, Colorado, offers 17 full-hookup back-in RV sites in the upper Rio Grande valley, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 40 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout. A single 30/50-amp back-in category means every guest gets the same spec, with cabins, a pavilion, community fire pit, laundry, and showers. Seventeen back-in sites carry water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp with site WiFi, sized to 40 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. One consistent category and no guesswork about what you booked; note the 40-foot cap before bringing a larger coach. Cabins round out the lodging. A laundry, showers, firewood, and a pavilion handle the practical side. A community fire pit, basketball, and horseshoes fill the grounds, with skiing, snowboarding, offroading, a golf course, mountains, a lake, and a river all nearby. The dark San Juan sky makes for exceptional stargazing. Pets are welcome. The property has operated since 1908, which makes it one of the oldest continuously running camping and lodging businesses in the southern Rockies — 117 years of the same job in the same valley is worth noting. South Fork sits where the South Fork River meets the Rio Grande in the San Juan Mountains, with Wolf Creek Pass and its enormous snowpack just west, the Rio Grande's Gold Medal trout water running through, Creede's mining history north, and the Great Sand Dunes within reach east. Summer is peak in the Colorado high country, with fall color and Wolf Creek's ski season extending demand. Reserve well ahead for June through September.

from $42/night

Rifle Mountain Park

Rifle Mountain Park north of Rifle, Colorado, offers dry camping sites in a limestone canyon, with fire pits, picnic tables, walking trails, and restrooms. One essential detail before you go: this is a dry camping facility with no potable water, no sewer service, and no electrical hookups. Back-in dry camping sites carry fire pits and picnic tables. There are no hookups of any kind and no potable water on site, so arrive fully self-contained with all the water you will need. Restrooms and firewood are available, along with cabins. This is a city-owned outdoor recreation area rather than a commercial campground, and the facilities are scaled accordingly. Pets are welcome. Walking trails run the canyon, with hiking, picnicking, birding, and stargazing from the site. A creek runs through the park. The climbing is what makes this internationally known. Rifle Mountain Park sits at the base of towering limestone cliffs in Rifle Creek Canyon, where more than 250 bolted sport routes across every difficulty grade have been developed over decades. It is one of the most prolific sport climbing destinations in North America and a genuine pilgrimage site for climbers worldwide — the canyon's steep, pocketed limestone is unlike anything else in the country. For campers who are not climbing, the canyon's hiking, creek fishing, and dramatic walls are reason enough. Climbing season runs spring through fall, with the canyon's shade making it viable in summer heat. Reserve ahead for weekends, and plan your water carefully.

from $20/night

Cortez RV Resort

46 RV Sites, 12 Cabins, 23 Tent Sites

Cortez RV Resort in Cortez, CO, offers 46 full-hookup RV sites, 12 cabins, and 23 tent sites, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 65 feet. Site categories cover the range: back-in sites, back-in 20/30-amp water-and-electric sites, pull-thru 30-amp, pull-thru 30/50-amp water-and-electric, and premium pull-thru 50-amp. Full-hookup sites carry water, sewer, and electric with site-delivered WiFi, a fire pit, and a picnic table. Laundry, a bathhouse with showers, a general store, firewood, and a dump station cover the basics, and propane fills are available on site. Pets are welcome, with a dog park. The resort keeps guests busy between park days: an outdoor pool, a water park, a recreation center, a clubhouse with billiards, a playground, basketball, horseshoes, a boutique shop, and walking trails through the grounds, plus a lake, pond, and beach area for swimming, kayaking, and fishing. Golf is nearby, and the dark skies make for good stargazing. Cortez sits in Montezuma County in the Four Corners, at the gateway to Mesa Verde National Park and one of the densest concentrations of Ancestral Puebloan sites anywhere. Rates for sites, cabins, and tent spots are on the booking page. Summer, when Mesa Verde is at its busiest, books first.

Cheyenne RV Resort

42 RV Sites, 6 Cabins, 17 Tent Sites

Cheyenne RV Resort in Cheyenne, WY, offers 42 full-hookup pull-thru RV sites, 6 cabins, and 17 tent sites, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 85 feet. Sites come in two categories, standard and premium pull-thrus, both carrying water, sewer, and electric with site-delivered WiFi and a picnic table, and ADA-accessible sites are available. Every site is a pull-thru and the maximum length is 85 feet — a long coach with a toad pulls straight through. Laundry, a bathhouse with showers, a general store, a snack bar, firewood, propane fills and exchange, a dump station, a clubhouse, and a pet washing station cover the rest. Pets are welcome, with a dog park. An outdoor pool, mini-golf, a pavilion, a playground, a pond, walking trails, volleyball, basketball, and horseshoes fill the grounds, with hiking, biking, swimming, birding, and High Plains stargazing. A state park is nearby. Cheyenne is the state capital at the junction of I-25 and I-80, where the High Plains meet the Laramie Range — and the home of Cheyenne Frontier Days each July. Rates for sites, cabins, and tent spots are on the booking page. Frontier Days week books out a year ahead.

from $34/night

HTR Moab Lodge & Cottages

6 Tent Sites, 13 Glamping Sites, 19 Cottages, 9 Motel Rooms

HTR Moab Lodge & Cottages in Moab, UT, offers 28 cottage and lodge rooms, 13 glamping sites, and 6 tent sites. The accommodation roster is one of the most varied in canyon country — vacation rental cottages, lodge rooms, safari tents with queen beds, and traditional tent sites. The published record shows no RV sites, so contact the property directly if you're traveling in a rig. EV charging is available, still scarce in this part of Utah. Laundry, a bathhouse with showers, a general store, a clubhouse, personal mailboxes, a community fire pit, and a pet washing station serve guests. Pets are welcome. Walking trails cross the high desert property, with hiking, biking, birding, swimming, fishing, kayaking, boating, and the stargazing that draws people to this corner of the Colorado Plateau. Moab sits just below the property, with Arches National Park, Canyonlands, Dead Horse Point State Park, and the Colorado River all within a short drive. Rates for every accommodation type are on the booking page. Moab's spring and fall seasons book months ahead — and call about RV accommodation before you tow.

from $39/night

Canyonlands Basecamp

Canyonlands Basecamp in Monticello, UT, offers RV sites in both pull-thru and back-in layouts, with site-delivered WiFi and a picnic table at each site. Be clear about what this is before booking, because the park is clear about it themselves: this is a low-density camping retreat, not a packed full-hookup resort. Contact them for hookups, site count, amp service, and maximum rig length, and plan to be more self-sufficient than you would at a serviced park. The basecamp is rated big rig friendly and has a dump station and firewood on site. Pets are welcome. Picnicking, off-road access, and some of the darkest sky in the lower 48 fill the property. It's built for RV campers, tent campers, overlanders, and anyone who would rather stage from quiet ground than sleep in a full park. Monticello sits at the edge of the Abajo Mountains in San Juan County, with Canyonlands National Park, Arches, Bears Ears, and the broader canyon country all reachable — and with far less pressure on lodging than Moab an hour north. Rates and availability are on the booking page. Call ahead about hookups and rig fit; this is the kind of place where that conversation matters.

from $17/night